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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law - Summer/Fall 2016

Areas of Excellence
Capital Center for Law & Policy Focuses on
Critical Policy Questions
Students, alumni and guest speakers address—and influence—a wide range of today’s timeliest issues
FEC Chair Ann
Ravel Urges Election
Finance Reform
Political money in elections is shaping
up to be one of the hot topics in the
2016 U.S. presidential race, and Ann
Ravel, chair of the Federal Elections
Commission (FEC), is at the center
of the national dialogue. McGeorge
students enjoyed a guest lecture
by Ravel on Oct. 14, 2015, in the
Municipal Innovation Seminar, taught
by adjunct professors Gary Winuk
and Nicolas Heidorn. Ravel’s presentation
focused on the workings of the
FEC and the need for citizen action to
prompt changes in oversight at the
federal level.
From left: FEC Chair Ann Ravel; Director
of Capital Initiatives Steve Hansen, ’11;
and Professor Gary Winuk.
Above, from left: Professor Rex Frazier ’00,
honoree Noreen Evans, ’81; State Senator
Hannah-Beth Jackson; Steve Hansen ’11.
Evans Receives First Capital
Center Alumni Award
The McGeorge Capital Center for Law & Policy honored the first
Capital Center Distinguished Alumnus, former State Senator Noreen
Evans, ’81, on March 16, 2016, in the Capitol Rotunda basement.
From her election to the Santa Rosa City Council through her time
in the California State Senate, Evans has been recognized for her many
accomplishments in law and policy. Her priorities included protecting
the environment, fighting for women and children, and reforming the
legal system to promote access to justice for all.
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